Vincenzo Todisco

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Vincenzo Todisco (* 1964 in Stans ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Vincenzo Todisco was born in Stans as the son of Italian immigrants. He studied Romance languages ​​(Italian and French) at the University of Zurich and was an editor at the cultural magazine Quaderni grigionitaliani until 2004 . He is a lecturer at the Graubünden University of Education and lives in Rhäzüns .

Novels

Todisco writes in Italian and German . He wrote his first four novels in Italian, they were published in German translation by the Swiss Rotpunktverlag .

The latest novel, Das Eidechsenkind , is Todisco's first book publication in German. It tells the story of a guest worker family who immigrated to Switzerland under the seasonal status. The novel is told from the perspective of a child who was raised in hiding due to the restrictive residence permits for guest workers. The novel was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize 2018.

Works

  • The claw eye. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85869-224-7 .
  • Like in a western. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-85869-280-8 .
  • The bandoneon player. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85869-354-9 .
  • Rocco and Marittimo. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85869-456-0 .
  • The vento freddo dell'Altipiano , racconti. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2015.
  • The lizard child. Novel . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-85869-783-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Todisco, Vincenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Stans